PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOuRTH INTERNaTIONal FISHERS FORum

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The Proceedings of the Fourth International Fishers Forum (Spanish) starts on page 109.
Los Procedimentos del Cuarto Foro Mundial de Pescadores en Espanol arrancan en pagina 109.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................ vii
1. A MESSAGE FROM THE CONFERENCE
HOSTS AND SPONSORS .................1
2. IFF4 MISSION AND OBJECTIVES ..........3
3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND REVIEW
OF PARTICIPANT COMMITMENTS
Ms. Kitty Simonds, Western Pacific Regional
Fishery Management Council .................5
4. PUNTARENAS DECLARATION ............7
5. PROGRAM .............................11
6. PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS
AND PAPERS ...........................17
6.1. Opening Addresses
6.1.1. Dr. Carlos Villalobos Solé, Executive
President, Costa Rica Fisheries and
Aquaculture Institute (INCOPESCA) . .19
6.1.2. Mr. Sean Martin, President, Hawaii
Longline Association .............20
6.1.3. Dr. Rodolfo Salazar Vargas, President,
Longline Association of Costa Rica . .22
6.1.4. Mr. Javier Flores, Minister of
Agriculture and Livestock,
Government of Costa Rica . ........23
6.2. Keynote Address
Mr. James Leape, Director General, WWF-International:
Reducing bycatch in longline fisheries as a step
towards keeping jobs, protecting nature and
building a market..........................25
6.3. IFF3 Commitments and Progress
Ms. Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director, Western
Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council ...27
6.4. Industry Perspectives on the Status of
Latin American and Global Longline Fisheries
6.4.1. Dr. Makoto “Peter” Miyake, OPRT:
Overview of the world tuna fisheries
industry and its management ..... 29
6.4.2. Mr. Bernal Alberto Chavarría Valverde,
National Chamber of Longline Industry,
Costa Rica: The Costa Rica longline
industry and its perspective regarding
the regional and global status of the
fisheries ...................... 34
6.4.3. Mr. Scott Barrows, Hawaii Longline
Association: The Hawaii longline fishery
history, regulations, production ..... 34
6.4.4. Mr. Charles Hufflett, Pacific Islands Tuna
Industry Association (PITIA): Pacific Islands
longline fishery perspectives 2008 ... 35
6.4.5. Mr. Wawan Koswara, Indonesia Tuna
Association: The status and trends of
the Indonesia tuna longline industry .38
6.5. Institutional Frameworks to Produce
Sustainable Artisanal Coastal Pelagic Fisheries
6.5.1. Dr. Guillermo Compeán Jimenez, Inter-
American Tropical Tuna Commission:
The role of the IATTC with regard to
coastal fisheries resources .........39
6.6. State of Knowledge to Reduce Sea Turtle,
Marine Mammal and Seabird Interactions in
Gillnet Fisheries, and Research Priorities
6.6.1. Dr. Ed Melvin, University of Washington
Sea Grant: Novel tools to reduce seabird
bycatch in coastal gillnet fisheries ....43
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